CVE-2008-2383

NameCVE-2008-2383
DescriptionCRLF injection vulnerability in xterm allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via LF (aka \n) characters surrounding a command name within a Device Control Request Status String (DECRQSS) escape sequence in a text file, a related issue to CVE-2003-0063 and CVE-2003-0071.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1694-1, DTSA-182-1
Debian Bugs510030

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xterm (PTS)buster344-1+deb10u2fixed
bullseye366-1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm379-1fixed
sid, trixie390-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xtermsourceetch222-1etch3DSA-1694-1
xtermsourcelenny235-2DTSA-182-1
xtermsource(unstable)238-2medium510030
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